Pot-enjoying Ohio defendant agrees to quit
CINCINNATI (AP) -- An avid marijuana user has agreed to give up his pastime to avoid a jail sentence from a southwest Ohio judge perplexed by his reluctance....

Ohio's 'cleaning fairy' gets 1 year of probation
CLEVELAND (AP) -- An Ohio woman dubbed the "cleaning fairy" after she broke into a home, cleaned it and left a $75 bill has been put on probation for one year....

Christmas tree shipment dumped in Austrian garden
VIENNA (AP) -- An early seasonal delivery went badly wrong in Austria when a truck was involved in a crash and dumped 14 tons of Christmas trees in a resident's garden....

Restaurant settles over 'carcass removal' listing
HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- A phone book company has settled a lawsuit over its placement of a Montana restaurant in the "Animal Carcass Removal" section of its yellow pages, a listing the restaurant owner says cost him customers and made him the butt of a Jay Leno joke....

Cops: Conn. real estate agent stole for sale signs
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) -- A Connecticut real estate agent has been charged with stealing a competitor's for sale signs from the front lawns of area homes....

Postcard mailed during WWII arrives at NY home
ELMIRA, N.Y. (AP) -- A postcard mailed nearly 70 years ago has finally arrived at the former upstate New York home of the couple who sent it....

2 tons of pigeon droppings in Swedish church tower
STOCKHOLM (AP) -- A hatch on a Swedish church tower inadvertently left open for some three decades resulted in 2 tons of pigeon droppings amassing in the tower....

Maine TV news co-anchors quit on the air
BANGOR, Maine (AP) -- Two news co-anchors for a Maine television station surprised viewers and colleagues by quitting on the air, later citing frustration with their management....